Wednesday, 15 August 2012

It's official. We have recently moved out of our apartment and will be hitting the road in a few short weeks! In October and November
we’ll be heading to Europe for our second overseas tour. Check out the tour schedule on the website and please relay the info to all your European friends/family/ancestors. When we return from Europe
in December we’ll move into a refurbished Previa van and start our year-long
tour of the US.

Starting in the Southeast, we are planning to spend
approximately 2 months in and around several major cities, including Atlanta, New York, Boston, Los Angeles, Austin
and Seattle. The idea is to get to know the music scene in each region of
the country, while playing at as many venues as possible and meeting as many
musicians and music-lovers as we can.

Here’s where you
come in. We hope to see all of your smiling faces on this trip, but before
we even set out we must plan financially and logistically. How can you get
involved? Well I’m glad you asked. Here are a few options:

1.Donate. Any amount is helpful. Just click the paypal "donate" button

2.Stay in touch.During our travels, we’ll be
keeping extensive blog postings, videos, photo journals, etc. Some of it will
be available to everyone via Facebook and the website (www.joshharty.com). But if you want the
real behind-the-scenes look at life on the road (if you’ve ever wanted to be a
roadie for your favorite band and have all the best stories to tell friends at
the next cookout) consider membership in the new “Josh Harty Sub-Continental
Road Club” at one of these levels:

3.Host a
house concert.In the last year, these have become our favorite types
of show to play because they’re intimate,
always fun and we get to meet new people. So if you have at least 15-20 friends
who like music, and a space big enough to accommodate them, we can put on a
great show and make you the coolest kid on the block! Not sure you’re house
concert material? Trust me, it’s easier than you think. Basically a pot-luck
party with music. If you’re curious, here’s a great resource on house concert
basics: http://www.concertsinyourhome.com/

4.Host a
couple of professional road-weary travelers. That’s us! We’ll be looking
for places to stay all over the country.
So if you have an extra bed, couch, beach house, loft apartment in
Manhattan. . . we’d love to stay for as long as you’ll have us. And in exchange
we’ll cook for you!